The Waxbill Finch Society

Members' breeding returns (now updated with 2016 returns)

At the start of every calendar year, a breeding returns form is sent to each member.
The returned forms indicate the number of birds the member has bred in the previous year for each species
kept. The returns are then collated by our WFS breeding records officer, Neil Bickell, and made
available for discussion/ wider understanding. The returns seek to provide a picture of a species
popularity and its continued viability in UK aviculture. All members are urged to return their
forms - even if they haven't bred any waxbills that year.

Neil has collated the 2016 returns and these have now been incorporated into the chart below.
This alphabetical view covers a 12-year period from 2005-2016 but the totals column sums the full
WFS returns covering 1992-2016, which can be downloaded
in .xls format
or, if required,
in .pdf to print.
Please note a new development in this area.
Both downloadable forms are now colour-coded to present a visual representation
of the risks for individual species associated with these annual returns.

The club is grateful for Neil for working with members to increase the number of returns this year,
which set a new marker with a return from over 50% of the society's membership. A big thank you to everyone who contributed.